When NASA sent Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969, their onboard computer had about 64 KB of memory and ran at 0.043 MHz. By comparison, your smartphone today runs millions of times faster, with gigabytes of RAM and multi-core processors. This means the device in your pocket is more powerful than the tech that helped land humans on the moon! It’s a testament to how far we’ve come in just a few decades, and a reminder that our everyday devices are capable of incredible things. Next time you scroll social media, just imagine, you’re holding a machine that could run NASA’s moon mission… and then some.
